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Smothering Tithe

Enchantment

Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay {2}. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
rare
Set
Double Masters 2022
Price
$69.54
EDHREC rank
#60
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Smothering Tithe card art
Smothering Tithe turns every draw spell your opponents cast into a Treasure token for you unless they pay two mana — in a four-player game, that snowballs into an obscene mana advantage within two or three turns. It slots into any white combo shell from Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful storm lines to Underworld Breach loops, and at four mana it demands an answer or it ends the game.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Thrasios, Triton HeroYoshimaru, Ever Faithful

Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful

73.3% of decks · synergy 0.57

Thrasios, Triton Hero // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful is one of the premier cEDH pairings, and Smothering Tithe is a core engine piece — the Treasures feed Thrasios activations, accelerate toward a storm turn, and convert any opponent's cantrip into free progress toward a combo kill.

02
Dargo, the ShipwreckerTymna the Weaver

Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Tymna the Weaver

69.3% of decks · synergy 0.45

Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Tymna the Weaver runs Smothering Tithe because Dargo's cost reduction cares about sacrificing artifacts — Treasure tokens from the Tithe become free fuel for replaying Dargo repeatedly, compressing the engine into fewer pieces.

03
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

64.6% of decks · synergy 0.41

Grand Arbiter Augustin IV taxes spells, and Smothering Tithe taxes draws, so opponents face a punishing double bind: pay more for everything or hand over Treasures that fund your own plays. The combination is one of the most oppressive soft-lock foundations in Commander.

04
Vihaan, Goldwaker

Vihaan, Goldwaker

63.0% of decks · synergy 0.38

Vihaan, Goldwaker animates Treasure tokens into attacking creatures, so Smothering Tithe doesn't just accelerate mana — it populates an attack force. The more draws opponents make, the wider the Treasure board gets and the more damage Vihaan converts it into.

05
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain

Sisay, Weatherlight Captain

49.7% of decks · synergy 0.32

Sisay, Weatherlight Captain is a legendary-matters toolbox commander, and Smothering Tithe is a reliable mana engine that keeps the Sisay activation pipeline running through the mid and late game without competing for legendary slots.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Smothering Tithe is at its absolute best — three opponents drawing cards means three separate trigger windows per cycle, and the political pressure of making everyone pay two creates a runaway advantage no two-player format can replicate. In Legacy and Vintage, it's technically legal but practically irrelevant; those formats resolve games before a four-mana enchantment generates enough Treasures to matter, and neither format punishes opponents for simply ignoring it on the stack and winning faster. Modern and Pioneer are the same story — Smothering Tithe is legal in both but sees no meaningful play because the formats are too fast and too interactive for a passive engine that takes a full turn cycle to deliver value. Oathbreaker is the one supplemental format where it earns a slot, particularly in white-heavy planeswalker decks that want sustained mana acceleration over multiple turns.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

8,461 decks
Smothering TitheUnderworld BreachWindfall

Smothering TitheUnderworld BreachWindfall

Infinite draw triggers for all players; Infinite looting for all players; Infinite self-discard triggers for all players; Near-infinite colored mana; Near-infinite Treasure tokens

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Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

No single card fully replaces Smothering Tithe, but Monologue Tax is the closest budget substitute — it triggers off opponents' spells rather than draws, which means fewer triggers in most games, but it's a fraction of the price and fills the same "white passive artifact generation" role. If you need the draw-trigger specifically, Earnest Fellowship or Alms Collector can slow opponents' card advantage without generating Treasures, though neither replicates the mana engine that makes Smothering Tithe so oppressive.

Price Context

Current price

$69.54 premium tier

At $69.54, Smothering Tithe sits firmly in the premium tier — it's one of the most expensive non-reserved-list white enchantments in Commander, and the price reflects genuine format demand rather than scarcity alone. It has been reprinted and the price has remained elevated regardless, which is about as clear a signal as you get that the card earns its slot and players keep buying it.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.